Given that many if not most fire departments will be dealing with extremely tight budgets in 2012, how does a chief maintain a standard of training, which is so critical to firefighter safety? First, you need to assess what types of fires constitute your "bread-and-butter" calls. In most cases, these might be fire responses to single-family and/or multi-family structures. So ask yourself, "What do I need from my companies to safely handle this type of call?" Next, you need to assess the types of housing that exist in your jurisdiction. Are there subdivisions with more modern housing construction, including adequate separation? Are there tenements with virtually no separation between the structures? Are there multistory apartment buildings, or one-of-a-kind homes that are situated several hundred feet off the road and are predominately of balloon construction?
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